Saint-Gobain Vetrotex, a manufacturer of textile glass fiber in Europe and the Americas, is planning to increase its production capacities in 2014. As a result of its rising sales in 2013, the company says it will carry out a major expansion of one o…

Sateri Holdings Ltd. started production at its new viscose staple fiber (VSF) plant in Fujian, China. The Sateri Fujian VSF plant consists of four identical production lines, each with an annual capacity of 50,000 metric tons, making a total annual c…

Domtar has completed the acquisition of privately-held Laboratorios Indas, SAU. The deal was first announced on November 19, 2013. Indas is Spain's largest manufacturer and marketer of branded adult incontinence products, with its IncoPack a…

Wanhua Chemical Group, Shanghai, China, says it is entering the superabsorbent polymers (SAP) market with a new plant that in its first phase will produce 30,000 tons of SAP when it is finished sometime in 2014. The overall project is expected to hav…

P&G and the National Sleep Foundation are partnering to help women understand the biological differences that impact the quality of their sleep while menstruating. As a result of the partnership P&G's Always brand has been named the Offic…

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), the world’s leading vertically integrated polyester value chain producer, has completed the refinancing of a $640 million term loan for its business in the U.S. The company was able to increase th…

As the prices of surgical products continue to skyrocket, surgeons are looking for more cost effective solutions without compromising quality. In response to this need, AD Surgical has introduced a new line of disposable sterile drapes to its growing…

Trützschler Switzerland AG, the youngest member of the Trützschler Group, is broadening its product portfolio by adding a business unit dedicated to filament spinning lines. The first Trützschler BCF lines will start production soon th…

Xerium Technologies, Inc., has announced that R.W. Pressprich & Co. has initiated analyst coverage on Xerium. “We are pleased that the investor community is becoming more interested in Xerium. The company is in the beginning stages of a mul…

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced five new consumer products that have been selected as finalists for the 2014 Visionary Award. This prestigious award will be presented during the annual VISION Consumer Products Confer…

Precision Fabrics Group (PFG) has been granted two U.S. Patents related to its Nexus AFR acoustic facing material.
U.S. Patent numbers US8439161 B2 and US8403108 B2 relate to the Nexus AFR Nonwoven facing material. The patents describe a facing mate…